Improvement in oil-cans



' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELTPHALET S. SORIPTUR-E, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN OIL-SANS.l

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 41,537, dated February9, 1564.

Figure l is a detached View showing my im` proved spout for oil-cans;Fig. 2, a sectional view showing the body of an oil-can prepared for thereception of my improved spout; Fig. 3, view showing an oil-can providedwith my improved spout.

In the drawings like parts of the invention are designated by the sameletters of reference.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and operation ofan improved spout for oil-cans, as hereinafter fully set forth.

To enable those skilled in the arts to make and use my invention, I'will speak of its con struction and operation.

A shows the body ofv an ordinary oil-can, and B is the screw-seat cupinserted in the same and intended for the reception of the spout C. Thescrew-seat cup B is provided with the female screw Z.

C shows the spout, provided withthe male screw a, said male screw aiitting'into the female screw b upon the interior of the screwseat cupB. The spout C is also provided with thenib D, soldered to it, which nibD keeps the sponge vE in position and serves as a means of tightlyscrewing the'spout O into the screwseat cup B.

c is a leather washer upon the spout, and E shows a circular piece ofsponge placed upon the spout directly over the flange F.

The parts beingthus constructed, the screwseat cup Bis soldered into thetop of an ordi-- nary oil-can, and the spout C, constructed as shown, isinserted into the screw-seat cup B and held iirmly in place by means ofthe male screw a, fitting into the female screw b.

The principal purposes of my invention are, by the use or employment ofthe screw-seat cup B, constructed and attached to an ordinary oilcan, toenable the party using the same to readily grasp the can without therisk of covering the hand with oil, as in the case of the commonoil-can; the oil in the latter case dripping down from the spout uponthe body of the can 5 in the facility afforded for filling the can, thecup serving as a funnel, and in the saving ofthe oil-drippingsheretofore lost by the use or employment of the sponge receiving andretaining them as they drip from the spout O. I

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-' rIhe use or employment of the screw-seatAcup B, in combination with the body A and spout C, constructed, asshown, for the purposes fully set forth.

ELIPHALET S. SORIPTURE.

ln presence of- A. SIDNEY DoaNE, l. PONGE.

